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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-01-28 10:33:06 -0500
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-01-28 10:33:06 -0500
commit4e8f2fc1a55d543717efb70e170b09e773d0542b (patch)
tree30df1d7fc9dfa24fe2916711a17656682c3f7ec9 /kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h
parent158f323b9868b59967ad96957c4ca388161be321 (diff)
parent1b1bc42c1692e9b62756323c675a44cb1a1f9dbd (diff)
downloadlinux-4e8f2fc1a55d543717efb70e170b09e773d0542b.tar.bz2
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Two trivial overlapping changes conflicts in MPLS and mlx5. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h')
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h
index 196f0302e2f4..c64b827ecbca 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h
@@ -60,12 +60,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_scheduler_active);
/*
* During boot, we forgive RCU lockdep issues. After this function is
- * invoked, we start taking RCU lockdep issues seriously.
+ * invoked, we start taking RCU lockdep issues seriously. Note that unlike
+ * Tree RCU, Tiny RCU transitions directly from RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE
+ * to RCU_SCHEDULER_RUNNING, skipping the RCU_SCHEDULER_INIT stage.
+ * The reason for this is that Tiny RCU does not need kthreads, so does
+ * not have to care about the fact that the scheduler is half-initialized
+ * at a certain phase of the boot process.
*/
void __init rcu_scheduler_starting(void)
{
WARN_ON(nr_context_switches() > 0);
- rcu_scheduler_active = 1;
+ rcu_scheduler_active = RCU_SCHEDULER_RUNNING;
}
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC */